If you want to become a web developer, you need to learn HTML, CSS, PHP, Jquery, JavaScript and many other languages. WordPress plugin and theme development are big businesses and you can also create and sell themes and plugins.

Learning web design and development is not easy, especially when you are a beginner and don’t know how to start. What you should learn first, where to find good resources to learn web design and development.

What You Will Learn

In this article, I am going to list some free ebooks that will help you to learn HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, JQuery, Bootstrap, WordPress and more.

Web design and development is a vast topic and I think it is difficult to learn all the languages.

There are so many programming and scripting languages. PHP, Java, Ruby, Perl, HTML, CSS, JavaScript and more.

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There are different languages for front-end developers and back-end developers. HTML, CSS, and JavaScript are known as front-end development languages while PHP, RUBY, PERL and many other languages known as backend languages.

Front-end development Frameworks

CSS Frameworks are very popular tools to create a responsive website quickly and easily.

CSS Frameworks make development workflow really fast, simple and easy. Frontend development framework also is known as CSS frameworks.

This is another free book from syncfusion.com written by Peter Shaw. In this ebook, you will learn how to use or change CSS features, learn about JavaScript and how you can customize Bootstrap framework for your custom projects.

6. Meta Valuables, A WordPress Development E-Book

WordPress is no doubt most popular CMS. Learning WordPress development can be difficult as a beginner. Meta valuables is a free e-book that will help you to develop new skills, techniques and be a better WordPress developer.

Meta valuable is a 45-page e-book that takes a revealing look into the world of WordPress meta data. You will find lessons with a lot of code samples and quick tips. With these, lessons you will learn to develop more dynamics templates in no time.

If you want to improve your CSS workflow, Sass can help you. You can start learning Sass free. Paul Scrivens has published a complete guide Master Sass, You will learn about Sass and SCSS Syntax, variables, Mixins, Function Directives and other features of Sass.

I created this course so that there is no more fear about learning something new. If you are learning CSS or are already a CSS expert that doesn’t use Sass, then go through this course to see the benefits that it can provide. Paul Scrivens

Lukew Wroblewski is an internationally recognized digital product leader. He is currently a Product Director at Google. Mobile and Multi-Device Design: Lessons Learned book compiles the articles he published over the past two years about Polar’s (acquired by Google) mobile and multi-device design decisions.

SmashingMagazine is a very popular website for web designers and developers. They publish high-quality articles, tutorials, and e-books.

The Smashing Editor’s Choice is a free eBook that contains a wide range of topics, including new coding techniques, user experience strategies, responsive design and mobile solutions by some incredibly prolific and knowledgeable authors. Well-known names such as Lea Verou, Christian Heilmann and Dmitry Fadeyev have contributed fascinating chapters on various subjects.
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Web Designer’s Success Guide is the definitive guide to starting your own freelance Web design business. In this book Kevin Airgid gives designers step-by-step instructions on how to achieve the following:

Transition from full-time to self-employment

Freelance on the side to make additional income

Find new clients and keep them coming back for more

Market your freelance business

Manage your projects professionally

Price your services appropriately

Please note I wrote this book in 2006, much of the technical information is out of date. The information about general freelancing is still useful. enjoy this book please consider making a donation to WWF Canada.Kevin Airgid

You can download this free eBook without any registration or email confirmation.

This is another free e-book by crowdSPRING for a software developer who creates original work that is protected by copyright. This book will help you to understand and protect your rights if you are a software developer.

You can read more details about this book at MSDN blog post. You can download PDF, EPUB or Mobi for Kindle file.

17 More free books from Microsoft Press

There are many other books are also available for free download at Microsoft virtual academy. You can download books about Windows, Windows Server, Windows Azure, App Development and Microsoft System center.

Title of other free eBooks

Creating Mobile Apps with Xamarin.Forms, Preview Edition

Introducing Windows Server 2012 R2

Building Cloud Apps with Microsoft Azure

Introducing Microsoft Azure HDInsight

Introducing Windows Azure for IT Professionals

Rethinking Enterprise Storage: A Hybrid Cloud Model

Introducing Windows 8.1 for IT Professionals

Creating Mobile Apps with Xamarin.Forms, Preview Edition

.NET Technology Guide for Business Applications

Microsoft System Center: Integrated Cloud Platform

Microsoft System Center: Network Virtualization and Cloud Computing

Microsoft System Center: Building a Virtualized Network SolutionIntroducing Microsoft System Center 2012 R2

Final Words

That’s all for this list. I hope, you will learn to create awesome websites, plugins, and themes after reading these free books.

If you know about any other free theme, share your favorite book with us. Add your comments below.

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About Author: Tahir Taous

Tahir Taous is an experienced blogger and WordPress users. He loves to write about Blogging, WordPress, and Theme Development. You can download his free WordPress Theme Development Handbook, which reveals more than 100 tools and resources to learn WordPress Theme Development.